214.英文正文（214）

「whatisinroom101？」

theexpressionono』brien』sfacedidnotchange。heanswereddrily：

「youknowwhatisinroom101，winston。everyoneknowswhatisinroom101。」

heraisedafingertothemaninthewhitecoat。evidentlythesessionwasatanend。aneedlejerkedintowinston』sarm。hesankalmostinstantlyintodeepsleep。

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「therearethreestagesinyourreintegration，」saido』brien。「thereislearning，thereisunderstanding，andthereisacceptance。itistimeforyoutoenteruponthesecondstage。」

asalways，winstonwaslyingflatonhisback。butoflatehisbondswerelooser。theystillheldhimtothebed，buthecouldmovehiskneesalittleandcouldturnhisheadfromsidetosideandraisehisarmsfromtheelbow。thedial，also，hadgrowntobelessofaterror。hecouldevadeitspangsifhewasquick-wittedenough：itwaschieflywhenheshowedstupiditythato』brienpulledthelever。sometimestheygotthroughawholesessionwithoutuseofthedial。hecouldnotrememberhowmanysessionstherehadbeen。thewholeprocessseemedtostretchoutoveralong，indefinitetime—weeks，possibly—andtheintervalsbetweenthesessionsmightsometimeshavebeendays，sometimesonlyanhourortwo。

「asyouliethere，」saido』brien，「youhaveoftenwonderedyouhaveevenaskedme—whytheministryofloveshouldexpendsomuchtimeandtroubleonyou。andwhenyouwerefreeyouwerepuzzledbywhatwasessentiallythesamequestion。youcouldgraspthemechanicsofthesocietyyoulivedin，butnotitsunderlyingmotives。doyourememberwritinginyourdiary，『iunderstandhow：idonotunderstandwhy』？itwaswhenyouthoughtabout『why』thatyoudoubtedyourownsanity。youhavereadthebook，goldstein』sbook，orpartsofit，atleast。didittellyouanythingthatyoudidnotknowalready？」